{{Infobox scientist | name = Richard Tedeschi | image = <!--(filename only, i.e. without "File:" prefix)--> | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 1950 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | fields = Psychology | workplaces = University of North Carolina School of Medicine | alma_mater = Syracuse University, Ohio University | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = Post-traumatic growth (PTG) | awards = }} '''Richard Tedeschi''' (born 1943){{where|date=October 2024}} is an American psychologist. He is also a professor of psychology and a consultant of the American Psychological Association.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard G. Tedeschi, Ph.D. and Lawrence G. Calhoun, Ph.D. {{!}} Psychology Today |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/richard-g-tedeschi-phd-and-lawrence-g-calhoun-phd |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=www.psychologytoday.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Tedeschi is noted for introducing the concept of Post-traumatic Growth (PTG).<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2006-05098-001 |chapter=The Foundations of Posttraumatic Growth: An Expanded Framework | title=Handbook of posttraumatic growth: Research & practice }}</ref>
== Biography == Tedeschi completed his B.A. in Psychology at Syracuse University in 1972.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=McGregor |first1=Graham |title=Reception and Response: Hearer Creativity and the Analysis of Spoken and Written Texts |last2=White |first2=R. S. |publisher=Routledge |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-317-36715-4 |location=Oxon |language=en}}</ref> He then obtained his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Ohio University in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014 |title=Richard Glenn Tedeschi |url=https://pages.charlotte.edu/richtedeschi/ |access-date=December 30, 2023 |website=UNC at Charlotte}}</ref> Tedeschi completed his clinical psychology internship at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Weiss |first1=Tzipi |title=Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice: Lessons Learned from Around the Globe |last2=Berger |first2=Ron |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-470-35802-3 |location=Hoboken, NJ |pages=17 |language=en}}</ref> He is currently working as a professor in the university's campus in Charlotte<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Danieli |first1=Yael |title=On the Ground After September 11: Mental Health Responses and Practical Knowledge Gained |last2=Dingman |first2=Robert L. |publisher=Routledge |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-317-71785-0 |location=Oxon |language=en}}</ref> and teaches personality and psychotherapy.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Burns |first=George W. |title=Happiness, Healing, Enhancement: Your Casebook Collection For Applying Positive Psychology in Therapy |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-470-29115-3 |location=Hoboken, NJ |pages=226 |language=en}}</ref> He also conducts research on trauma and post-traumatic growth.<ref name=":1" /> In 1987, he was visiting professor at the Newcastle University's Department of Psychology.<ref name=":2" />
=== Works === Tedeschi has co-authored several books on bereavement and trauma. Along with Lawrence Calhoun, Tedeschi pioneered the concept of post-traumatic growth (PTG), which is a construct of positive psychological change. It holds that this change transpires as the outcome of an individual's struggle with a highly challenging, stressful, and traumatic incident.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Cutcliffe |first1=John R. |title=Routledge International Handbook of Clinical Suicide Research |last2=Santos |first2=José |last3=Links |first3=Paul S. |last4=Zaheer |first4=Juveria |last5=Harder |first5=Henry G. |last6=Campbell |first6=Frank |last7=McCormick |first7=Rod |last8=Harder |first8=Kari |last9=Bergmans |first9=Yvonne |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-134-45929-2 |location=Oxon |pages=300 |language=en}}</ref> After the experience, such individual manifest a changed outlook in life and greater resilience to stress.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Andriessen |first1=Karl |title=Grief After Suicide: A Health Perspective on Needs, Effective Help, and Personal Growth |last2=Dransart |first2=Dolores Angela Castelli |last3=Krysinska |first3=Karolina |publisher=Frontiers Media SA |year=2021 |isbn=978-2-88966-346-0 |pages=74 |language=en}}</ref> This concept is part of the broader positive psychology theoretical framework that enables counsellors and psychotherapists to focus on strength and competencies of patients.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Joseph |first=Stephen |title=Positive Psychology in Practice: Promoting Human Flourishing in Work, Health, Education, and Everyday Life |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-118-75693-5 |edition=2nd |location=Hoboken, NJ |pages=435 |language=en}}</ref>
According Tedeschi and Calhoun, PTG can manifest in these domains: appreciation of life, relationship with others, new possibilities, personal strength, and spiritual change.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collier |first=Lorna |date=November 2016 |title=Growth after trauma: Why are some people more resilient than others—and can it be taught? |url=https://www.apa.org/monitor/2016/11/growth-trauma |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=www.apa.org}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last1=Tedeschi |first1=Richard |last2=Calhoun |first2=Lawrence |date=2004 |title=Posttraumatic Growth: Conceptual Foundations and Empirical Evidence |journal=Psychological Inquiry |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=1–18|doi=10.1207/s15327965pli1501_01 }}</ref> They also explained that PTG maybe facilitated by the following mechanisms:
* ''Cognitive processing'': The process of making sense of the trauma and integrating it into one's life narrative; * ''Emotional Regulation'': Managing negative emotions and reflecting on successes and possibilities; * ''Disclosure'': Articulating trauma and its effect; * ''Narrative Development'': Shaping the traumatic narrative and deriving hope from it; and, * ''Service'': Involvement in activities that benefit others.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Tedeschi |first=Richard G. |date=2020-07-01 |title=Growth After Trauma |url=https://hbr.org/2020/07/growth-after-trauma |access-date=2024-09-30 |work=Harvard Business Review |issn=0017-8012}}</ref>
Tedeschi was also a consultant for the American Psychological Association for the development of materials that cover trauma and resilience for psychologists.<ref name=":0" />
=== Publications === * ''Helping Bereaved Parents'' (2004) * ''Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth'' (2006) * ''Posttraumatic Growth in Clinical Practice'' (2012) * ''The Posttraumatic Growth Workbook'' (2016) * ''Posttraumatic Growth: Theory, Research and Application'' (2018)
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